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TEPCO, Fukushima and Nuclear

Japan’s TEPCO brings first nuclear reactor back online after Fukushima

Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) on Wednesday restarted a reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, despite local opposition. This marks the first TEPCO-operated reactor to come back online since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster,

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Nuclear reactor owned by Fukushima plant operator TEPCO shut down again hours after restart

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TEPCO restarts 1st nuclear reactor since Fukushima under close scrutiny

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Fukushima nuclear plant operator restarts reactor at another plant, reviving safety concerns

The world’s largest nuclear power plant restarted Wednesday in north-central Japan for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown, as resource-poor Japan accelerates atomic power use to ...

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Japan restarts world's largest nuclear plant

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Japan suspends restart of world's biggest nuclear plant

TweakTown

Robot begins daring journey into Fukushima's melted-down nuclear reactor core

A robot has entered the Unit 2 reactor at the Fukushima power plant and if its mission is successful it will collect a small amount of nuclear waste that will then be examined by researchers. The Fukushima power plant went into meltdown in 2011 following a ...

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A robot retrieves the first melted fuel from Fukushima nuclear reactor

TOKYO (AP) — A remote-controlled robot has safely returned with a tiny piece of melted fuel it collected from inside one of three damaged reactors at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant for the first time since the 2011 meltdown.

Southeast Missourian

Swimming robot probes Fukushima reactor to find melted fuel

TOKYO -- An underwater robot entered a damaged reactor at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant Wednesday, capturing images of the effect of its meltdown, including key structures that were torn and knocked out of place. Plant operator Tokyo Electric ...